NW ARKANSAS CHAMPIONSHIP

September 29, 2024

Sei Young Kim

Pinnacle Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, here with Sei Young Kim after the final round. Amazing last round. Bogey-free. Eagle on the last. Just talk about the day you had.

SEI YOUNG KIM: I played quite really solid, especially back nine. Starting I was like too much, trying to too much and I miss a lot of birdie putt.

And then said what I have to do on the back nine, I have to a lot of birdie. I just keep trying to move forward, and then when I had last putt I was like, okay, I look at the leaderboard and I'm tied for third. Okay, I'm going to make it. (Laughter.)

And then it made it, so I'm so exciting.

Q. And you did. And your back nine you had a lot of birdies, that eagle. Were you looking at the leaderboard the whole back nine really trying to push?

SEI YOUNG KIM: No, only last hole, because, yeah, I have to made it. I have to see what's going on, setting up my mindset. If I trying to just birdie, not going to happen anything.

So just I want to do something.

Q. Watching that last putt, you stepped off it for a second. What was going through your head then?

SEI YOUNG KIM: I mean, whatever, I have to make it, yeah. I just, yeah, just I focus, very focus on my target, and then whatever emotion I just ignore, yeah, and keep focus.

Q. When we came over here you were checking to see if you finished third. Talk about how important that finish is for you.

SEI YOUNG KIM: I realize on the course, okay, I know -- I knew how to handle -- I played under the pressure. Last couple years I couldn't overcome.

So today I can see how to play well, so giving myself good confidence for the future. So I'm very looking forward in the future tournament.

Q. I was going ask, the people tied for the lead right now both shot 60, 61 today. Is that something you would've expected to happen on the final day here?

SEI YOUNG KIM: Never. Because depends what's the course setting. When I played on the course today the tees move up, especially par-3, because I change to make the birdie.

So when I turned the 9 hole, it can be someone is like 10-under, 11-under. Yeah, I expected after nine hole.